The Second Dynasty

About the Book

THE SECOND DYNASTY explores how the bold initiatives in the 1920s led Middletown, Ohio's high school basketball team to its first state title in 1944, launching an unparalleled dynasty that lasted for sixteen years; ten Final Fours, seven state championships, two national titles, and an unmatched seventy-six-game win streak . And analyses what made the wheels come off.

About the Author

Richard Paul Jones earned a BA from the University of Minnesota and enjoyed a fruitful business career before finding his passion for writing. He stumbled into sports reporting and moved to short stories, publishing both fiction and nonfiction on the Prairie Home Companion and other websites. After sweeping nine of Georgia Writers Association's monthly contests in 2010, Jones made the leap to full-length books. DYNASTY is his first nonfiction effort and begins with his own recollections of seeing the "Middies" wallop a tourney opponent 50-7.